Squamofilaria		Contents		Rev 05/30/2025
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Aproctoidea

                   Aproctidae

 

            Squamofilaria Schmerling, 1925

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Squamofilaria

  Parasites of coelomic cavity and pulmonary systems of birds

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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References:

Anderson, R.C. and Chabaus, A.O. 1955. Taxonomie de La Filaire Squamofilaria sicki (Strachan, 1957) n. comb. et. place du genae Squamofilaria Schmerling 1925 daus la Sous family Aproctinae. Ann. de Parasitologie, 33:254-266.

Majumdar, N. and Dey Sarkar, S.R. 1989. On four new species of avian nematodes from Orissa, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India 85:467-480

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